Raleigh factory, 1920. |
Archival/written
Official
Official enquiries into mining accidents and major disasters provide a wealth of detail about working practices: Public Record Office, COAL 26, 29, 61, 62, 74-8.
Personal
Notts Living History Archive project publications (Nottinghamshire Archives and Nottinghamshire Local Studies Library) for extensive reminiscences about industrial work in the 20th century.
Administrative/business/economic
Business Records archives for local firms:
Raleigh (Nottinghamshire Archives: reference RN). See:
- N. Clark, 'Making Tracks: The Raleigh Archive', Nottinghamshire Historian, no. 56 (1996), 8-10l.
- Nottinghamshire County Council. Leisure Services. Raleigh Cycle Company Archives (Nottinghamshire Archives & Local Studies Information, 1994).
Textile firms: Nottinghamshire Archives and Nottingham University Manuscripts Department
Players Cigarettes: Nottinghamshire Archives and Nottingham University Manuscripts Department
Coal Board records: PRO COAL, 26, 29, 61, 62, 74-8, and some in Nottinghamshire Archives.